Door-check



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. DOOR CH 1mm lllllli Patented Jan. 15, 1889.

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JACOB MAISI-I, OF VARSAlV, INDIANA.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,219, dated January15, 1889.

Application filed September ll, 1888. Serial No. 285,122. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB MAISH, of \Var saw, county of Kosciusko, andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Door Stop, Catch, and Lock, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, that will enable others to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of door stops and fasteners whichare designed to hold a door in an open or closed position, eitherloosely or looked, as may be required.

The nature of the invention is such that it may also be used as a catchon articles of furnituresuch as book-cases, wardrobes, andcupboards-having either single or double doors, for the purpose ofloosely retaining the same in a closed position.

Figure 1 is a plan of my improved device in practical use; Fig. 2, atransverse section in plane 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3,21 detail and plan of themember attached to and moving with the door; Fig. 4, a plan of thestationary companion member provided with the locking feature; and 5, aview of the same, except the locking feature, which is removed.

In the drawings, A may represent the door, to which the member B isrigidly attached, and A the line of the floor or other stationary partsupporting the companion member B. The male member B consists of thehead or irregular ring a, the foot-bard, and the arms a connecting thehead and foot-bar. This part of the stop is attached by means of thescrews a The member B is in the form of a double U-shaped spring madefrom a single strip of suit-able metal, spring-steel being preferred.The ends of the spring forming the member B are secured some distanceapart to the base-block b by means of the screws 17, the outer sides,12*, of the spring running parallel from the fastening-screws for someways, as shown, the central part of the strip of steel being bent orcurved inward to form the inner sides, h or leaves of the spring andrunning back between the parallel outer sides. The innerpart of thespring forming the member B is of a curvature corresponding to theisadapted to engage with the lip or swell 61,

formed on the inner side of the ring-head, and thus secure the members BB in a locked position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The ends of the bar Care secured in place by the screws holding the member B, as shown inFigs. 1 and 4. This lockin g attachment may be used or not or whollydispensed with, as circumstances require.

The device is not alone applicable for holding doors in an openposition, but may be used as a catch as well as a stop for closed doors,and especially screen-doors and the doors of different articles offurniture.

The base-block b, carrying the member B, is secured in place by screws(1 Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. In a door-check, the combination, with the member B, consisting ofthe head or ring a, the foot-bar a, and the arms a of the member B,adapted to receive and loosely engage the companion member, and thebase-block 1), provided with a raised inclined surface, b substantiallyas and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a door stop and lock, the combination, with the head or ring a,provided on the inner side with a lip or swell, of the bar C, the latchD, and the locking-pin d, engaging with said lip, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

JACOB MAISH.

\Vitnesses:

J. WARREN COLEMAN, L. F. COLEMAN.

